Stephen Sotloff attended UCF from 2002 to 2004

ALONG I-95 FROM STATE ROAD 40 TO I-4, IT IS LOOKING PRETTY GOOD, JUST SEVEN MINUTES, GUYS. DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT, THE LIFE OF A FORMER UCF STUDENT APPEARS TO BE HANGING IN THE BALANCE. EXTREMISTS HOLDING HIM CAPTIVE IN IRAQ. IN ONE DISTURBING VIDEO THE SAME MILITANTS HAVE ALREADY BEHEADED ANOTHER JOURNALIST. ERICA, YOU LEARNED NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FORMER STUDENT AND THESE DISTURBING THREATS, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT EVERYTHING? WELL, THE VIDEO IS JUST TOO GRAPHIC FOR US TO SHOW. IT SHOWS ISIS BEHEADING ONE JOURNALIST AND THEN THREATENING TO KILL ANOTHER. FORMER UCF STUDENT STEVEN SOTLOF. THE TERRORIST GROUP IIS HAS BEEN BATTLING THE RELIGIOUS MINORITY IN IRAQ. THEIR NEW MESSAGE IS CLEAR. THEY ARE CALLING ON PRESIDENT OBAMA TO STOP AIR STRIKES AGAINST THEM OR ELSE T. NEW VIDEO IS ENTITLED A MESSAGE TO AMERICA. AT THE END, WE SEE THIS DISTURBING PICTURE. ISIS SAYS ITS FREELANCE JOURNALIST, HE WILL BE THE NEXT TO DIE IF THE U.S. DOESN'T STOP ITS ATTACKS. SOTLOF IS FROM MIAMI. HE WAS A STUDENT FROM 2002 TO 2004 WHEN HE LEFT WITH A PENDING DEGREE IN JOURNALISM. HE WAS KIDNAPPED AT THE SYRIA TURKEY BORDER IN 2013. SO FAR HIS TEAM ISN'T COMMENTING. THE FAMILY OF JAMES FOLEY IS. THAT SAME VIDEO SHOWED MILITANTS BEHEADING FOLEY. FOLEY'S MOTHER RELEASED A STATEMENT LATE LAST NIGHT SAYING WE THANK JIM FOR ALL THE JOY HE GAVE US. HE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY SON, BROTHER AND JOURNALIST AND PERSON. YOU FEEL SAD. YOU HOPE THE FAMILY CAN GRIEVE AND DEAL WITH IT, BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU CAN'T CONTROL AT ALL. IT IS UNCALLED FOR. IT IS SOMETHING THAT HE IS JUST AN INNOCENT PERSON HERE. HERE IS SOTLOF'S TWITTER PAGE. HIS LAST TWEET WAS IN AUGUST OF 2013, THE SAME MONTH HE WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE. THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS IT IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER OR NOT THE VIDEO POSTED ONLINE IS, IN FACT, AUTHENTIC. SUCH A TERRIBLE SITUATION THERE. NOW, WHAT ABOUT THE PRESIDENT? WE KNOW THE TERRORISTS CALLED HIM OUT SPECIFICALLY. WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING IN RESPONSE? ALL WE ARE BEING TOLD IS THE PRESIDENT HAS, IN FACT, BEEN BRIEFED ABOUT THIS VIDEO. A WHITE HOUSE SPOKESPERSON SAYS HE'LL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SOME UPDATES ON IT.

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The Iraqi insurgent group ISIS has apparently released a video threatening to behead a man they identified as Stephen Sotloff, who reportedly is a former University of Central Florida journalism major.

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